![]() ![]() Several different kinds of software systems help generate computer-controlled camera moves on stage by, for example, fitting motion curves to selected key frames. July 1982 Creating the dark, futuristic vision of LA in Blade Runner is accomplished using model shots and painted backgrounds. ![]() ![]() Although now recognized as landmarks, the visual effects created by MAGI, Triple-I, Robert Abel & Associates, and Digital Effects are ignored by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences' Visual Effects Branch. (Premiere: 6/82)Īpril 1982 When Disney's Tron was envisioned, few companies knew how to create CG effects, yet the film needed all-digital shots inside a videogame. July 1982 For this one-minute "Genesis effect" during Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, a dead planet comes to life thanks to the first cinematic use of fractals, particle effects, and 32-bit RGBA paint software from Lucasfilm's Pixar group. The film's release date follows the caption.) (The date at the beginning of each caption refers to the issue of Computer Graphics World in which the image and credit appeared. In so doing, they have in spired filmmakers to expand the art of filmmaking-as you can see on the following pages. During the past two decades, CG inventors have been in spired by filmmaking to create exciting new tools. Indeed, last year, of the top 10 box office films, eight had hundreds of digital effects shots or were created entirely with 3D computer graphics. Some believe Tron's box office failure slowed the adoption of digital effects, but now most films include computer graph ics. Although Looker (1981) was the first film with shaded 3D com puter graphics, Tron (1982) was the first with 15 minutes of computer animation and lots of shaded graphics. ![]()
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